so far I've had Duvel, Chimay Blu and Tesco DIPA. I feel faaaantastic! I'm also glad to find my local sains stocks Kosher Coca Cola which is made with cane sugar rather than corn syrup, so may well have a cheeky bourbon and coke later.

Back again. Too busy roaming the streets of Paris these days and ducking, diving and dancing in Chechnya. But I had an Old Stock Ale last night which wasn't bad. And a Grimbergen Noel the night before. Probably something stouty tonight.

Popped in a sourced st. pancras and spent probably way too much money on some new ones which by the ratings aren't brilliant.

Crate brewery IPA and Hobo brewery Czech lager which have both opted for the "Tesco value" look on their beers.
Brupond Ain'cho MUm's Porter and Tip Top Hop
Beavertown 8-Ball (looks like they have cool new paper labels)
London Fields Marynka Single Hop IPA

then at The Beer House in paddington had some Meantime Bohemian Dark which was pretty nice.

At least last night I had the mega-fresh Kernel Pale Ale (Mosaic Simcoe(?) ) Ruds gave me. Bottled last monday, my dad recoiled in horror as he tasted it, saying some tosspot had spiked it with oranges. It was lovely though, you can really tell the difference in taste between stuff like that and stuff with that stale hop taste, which I assume is a sign of not being very fresh(?).

am eagerly awaiting my first ever order from alesbymail.com. I missed the courier today by 10 minutes, which is how it always goes. Still, I'm not drinking them tonight, so I suppose it doesn't matter! I've got the following on the way-

To the Organ Grinder in Nottingham yesterday , began with a couple of pints of Guerrilla Stout , then a pint of Thornbridge Lumford , finishing off with Blue Monkey Infinity. Blue Monkey is a brewery which seemed to come in like a whirlwind from nowhere but it is a very, very, good brewery indeed.
Today it was Springhead's Drop o' the Black Stuff , labelled as a porter and very easy drinking indeed.

At least last night I had the mega-fresh Kernel Pale Ale (Mosaic Simcoe(?) ) Ruds gave me. Bottled last monday, my dad recoiled in horror as he tasted it, saying some tosspot had spiked it with oranges. It was lovely though, you can really tell the difference in taste between stuff like that and stuff with that stale hop taste, which I assume is a sign of not being very fresh(?).

Was going to go and see if Fire Island still had the new tiny rebel stout but as it was so sunny and warm-ish, decided to drink some bottled thirst quenchers with Hop Studio Gold, Waen Festival Gold, Wild Beer Madness IPA, and Arbor Man v Beer (another straight from FV beer), and eat a load of irish black pudding.

Oh and I saw in a local shop, a Stevens Point IPA with a BB date of June '12. I mean, it's newly in stock there. Has it been shipped from shop to shop, unable to sell? Or do they deliberately export out of date beer to the UK?